We recently connected with Joshua Fair and have shared our conversation below.
Joshua, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.
I was born and raised in rural Indiana. When my dad moved to Hawaii, I decided in my early 20s that I would make the move to the islands. My father had an idea to do live streaming for weddings (this is 2004) even though YouTube wasn’t even around and it was a primitive technology. After succeeding in that area for 5 years, I founded my own company in 2009 specifically focusing on weddings and the creative aspects of telling stories through that medium.
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
I stumbled into this industry through the partnership with my father, not realizing that I had a creative bone in my body. Having been mentored from some incredibly talented artists, I was able to learn story telling on a level that most didn’t have access to at the time. We like to say we don’t film weddings, but people getting married. It is also relevant in the corporate, commercial, and documentary aspects of story telling. Trying to find the unexpected, yet fascinating in each subject that you are working with is the ultimate challenge each and every time we roll tape. We are most proud of the fact that when people view our work, they acknowledge the uniqueness of our work compared to others.
Is there something you think non-creatives will struggle to understand about your journey as a creative?
I’m definitely not someone who thrives with the business side of things (I.e. accounting, marketing, etc), and really had to learn how to set up systems that would allow me to focus on the creative aspects. Early on I was able to hire admin assistants, business coaches, and tax accountants that would really help set me up for success long term.
For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?
The flexibility of my life. Being a father to a newborn, it’s never been more pronounced. I love that my life is flexible to the point that I can make my schedule as I need to so that my career and personal life is on my terms. As someone who worked a 9-5 for many years, breaking through from that was one of the biggest days of my life (and one that I thought may never come, but kept persevering).
Contact Info:
- Website: fisheyestudio.com
- Instagram: fisheyestudio
- Facebook: facebook.com/fisheyestudiovideo
- Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/josh-fair-/
- Twitter: fisheyestudio
- Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UCX7qmdVKgNWtmitnlWAFsCQ
- Yelp: yelp.com/biz/fisheye-studio-irvine
- Other: joshfair.com (all commercial and documentary work)